Leviticus 13:20:1Lev.13.20.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֣ה
vehraah
“looked”
- Transliteration
- veh-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-rah-AA
- IPA
- /wəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- looked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA sha-FAL min-ha-OR oo-seh-a-RAH ha-FAKH la-VAN
- sentence
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA sha-FAL min-ha-OR oo-seh-a-RAH ha-FAKH la-VAN veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN NE-ga-tsa-RA-at HI ba-she-KHIN pa-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect verb vərāʾāh {וְרָאָה | və-rā-ʾāh} “and he shall see,” establishing a sequential narrative step.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:20
And the priest shall examine, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white; then the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a plague of leprosy —it has broken out in the boil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:20, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֣ה (vehraah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.13.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.20.W1.S1) and character.